AN-CARES: Ten Poor Anambra Communities, Groups Get N95m COVID Grants
Ten focal poor communities in Anambra State have received a total of N95 million for the implementation of Anambra COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, (AN-CARES) programme. The...
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ISI-UZO LGA: The lonely bird on rooftop
2021 dusked in Enugu with unequivocal demand among the people for justice and equity in power-sharing formular of the state....
My God is your God – Sunday Reflections
Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we...
Northern Nigeria: A case of greedy leaders, fractured elites
The large piece of land referred to as Northern Nigeria occupies about 2/3 of the entire land space of Nigeria...
BUSINESS
In a single week, investors put up N31.8 billion into the stock market
Last week, investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited's floor transacted 3.021 billion shares worth N31.8 billion in 29,153 transactions. However,...
Opara becomes the 22nd president of CIBN
At an event attended by industry leaders, regulators, and political office holders, Dr. Ken Opara was sworn in as the...
In just nine months, Nigerian telecom companies have lost 17,030 users
According to data provided on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) website, Nigeria's main telecommunication operators lost over 17,000 subscribers between...
The Nigerian government has launched a tax and financial help package for startups
The Nigerian government has granted tax breaks for startups, a move that will help the country's digital and entrepreneurial sectors...
SPORTS
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Premier League’s longest-serving referee, Mike Dean, retires from active officiating
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AC Milan lay their hands on the Serie A again after eleven years of waiting
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Manchester City wins the English Premier League in a Miraculous fashion
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AFRICA
African Development Bank Board approves $1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis
The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on Friday approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert...
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‘Race against time’ as Madagascar braces for 4th tropical cyclone in a month
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“At least 55% of crises can be predicted but less than 1% of humanitarian funding is released early”
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Better Together: Volunteering initiative drives social impact at black-owned businesses
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Being vaccinated against Covid-19 opens doors
Collected By Carême Kouamé JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 21st February 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Covid-19 pandemic has undermined economies...
INTERVIEW: “Nigeria’s problem is lack of proper documentations and not corruption” – Dr. Raph
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2023: AFRICMIL, PT Books, NBRP to present book on ‘youth agenda’ to political aspirants, libraries, book clubs
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Breaking News
AN-CARES: Ten Poor Anambra Communities, Groups Get N95m COVID Grants
Ten focal poor communities in Anambra State have received a total of N95 million for the implementation of Anambra COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, (AN-CARES) programme. The cheques were presented at a ceremony in Awka, to mark the Community Development Plans/Group Development Plans implementation launch for the ten communities/group...
Police Recover Body Of Beheaded Anambra Lawmaker, As Gov Soludo Places N10 Bounty On Killers
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday said it has recovered the headless body of the Member representing Aguata Constituency Two in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, who was kidnapped last week. The late lawmaker was allegedly abducted alongside his aide, Cyril Chiegboka on 15th May, 2022...
$17 Billion Tea Sector Key in Empowering Women, Youths for Improved Food Security, Says FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has highlighted the need for greater economic, social and environmental sustainability in the tea sector and its key role in empowering women and youth for improved food security and nutrition. This is coming as the world celebrates the International Tea Day 2022. FAO Director-General, QU...
The government has tasked the insurance industry with paying claims quickly
Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, have asked underwriters in the country to pay claims swiftly in order to maintain public trust. They said that this would support the industry's push to become a significant engine of economic...
Blasphemy: Group seeks Justice over Death of Deborah Samuel
As the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, the 22-year-old student of Shehu Shagari College of Education who was accused of blasphemy and burnt to death by her fellow students has continued to generate strong condemnation from many Nigerians, the State of Emergency GBV Movement has called for the immediate arrest and...
Stakeholders urge the dissolution of parastatal boards that Amaechi ‘hurriedly’ established
Stakeholders in the maritime industry have urged the Federal Government to dissolve the boards of some agencies, including the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), and the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), which were "hurriedly" inaugurated by former Minister...
The VIN Valuation System for imported automobiles has been relaunched by Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has relaunched the Vehicle Identity Number (VIN) vehicle value system, assuring stakeholders that it has been thoroughly examined. The Customs Comptrollers at the forum, which unveiled the new VIN platform at the NCS Apapa command, listed the benefits of the automobile system as boosting ease...
An Open Letter to Party Delegates…
TO YOU, HISTORY AND POSTERITY BECKONS Dear Party delegates, Nigerians have come a long way together and have more to lose dividing now. However, the components that make up Nigeria must first unite and resolve all the contradictions in nationhood to make way for development. Give me a moment...
NCC Advises on Automatic Updates of Antiviruses to Avoid Vulnerabilities
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised telecom consumers and other Information and Communications Technology (ICT) end users on the need to always enable automatic update features for AVAST and AVG antiviruses to prevent potential cyber vulnerabilities. This was contained in a new advisory released by the Computer Security Incident...
Nnamdi in trouble over “EFCC is coming with koboko” advert
Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over political advertisements that appeared in two billboards in Enugu bearing the name and logo of the Commission. According to the commission, the two Super 48 Sheet Billboards located at Otigba...
Entertainment Gists
Singer 2Face visits Sound Sultan’s grave
Nigerian music veteran, Innocent Idibia, a.k.a 2face, during his stay in the US, has paid a visit to his late friend and colleague’s grave, Sound Sultan. The singer shared on Monday, via his Instagram page a video of himself with his friends laying beautiful flowers on the deceased tomb. He...
MI Abaga blows hot at music Journalist for disrespecting Nigerian Rappers
Following the recent news of American rapper, DaBaby, visiting Nigeria and touring the city of Lagos while in the company of Nigerian superstar, Davido, Nigerians have however, shown mixed feelings about the huge reception the rapper received during his stay. Many are concerned that the amount of support shown towards...
Chris Brown set to release a new album, features Wizkid, Lil Wayne and others
American singer, dancer and actor, Christopher Maurice Brown, popularly known as Chris Brown has announced the release date of his new album, titled ‘’Breezy’’. The multi-talented singer, shared on his Instagram account, a monochrome picture of a back head shot, showing off his clean blonde hair cut with the name...
American Rapper, DaBaby Visits Nigeria, Links up with Davido
Popular American rapper, Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, known professionally as DaBaby has arrived in the city of Lagos in Nigeria. The US rapper shared on his Instagram account, a video of himself exploring the second most populous city in Africa, Lagos city. The rapper first stopped by a Nike shoe store...
2022 BBMA: Burna Boy Wraps up show with riveting Performance, seen with Puff Daddy
Another highlight of the Billboard Music Awards night (BBMA) that was held on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, was the riveting performance of Nigerian Grammy Award winning singer, Burna Boy. Just a few days after the singer released his latest song...
Editor's Pick
The Great Teal Tsunami: Arise Australia’s Independents
Rarely in Australian history has a governing party suffered such loss in the face of an opponent unable to claim complete victory. It said much about the disillusionment, and plain disgust, from that nebulous centre of the country’s politics. That centre roared on May 21, consuming sitting government members and...
African Development Bank Board approves $1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis
The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on Friday approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. With the disruption of food supplies arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food, especially...
Advice from others
“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise” Proverbs 19:20. We all can fall into the trap of ignoring advice from others. Perhaps we are too occupied with our own thoughts in the moment, or perhaps we feel so strongly about...
Investigating Policy and Business Requisites to Boost Hydrocarbon Investment in Africa
A panel discussion hosted at Cape VIII in Luanda explored Africa’s ability to raise the capital required to increase oil and gas development A panel discussion hosted at the 8th African Petroleum Congress and Exhibition (Cape VIII), which took place from 16 - 19 May 2022, in Luanda, Angola, explored...
In Nigeria, MTN and Airtel have started formal PSB operations
MTN Nigeria's fintech subsidiary, MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) Limited, formally launched operations yesterday after receiving final clearance for a Payment Service Bank (PSB) license from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This comes after a successful pilot that began on May 16, 2022, in honor of MTN's GSM...
DEBORAH’S FATE: Delineating the facts
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." ~ Pascal Blaise. Nigeria has become a theatre of possibilities. An enigma to every known convention in human civilization. The happenstance that punctuate her history is as awkward as it is scandalous to...
Burnt Deborah Samuel And Our Terrorists Rewarding System
Her name is Deborah Samuel giving her out as a generation's hope, patterned after the Biblical Deborah she came to say: " nobody lived in the little towns. No one lived there until I came. I, Deborah , became a mother to Israel (Nigeria)". Judges 5:7. Easy English Version. It...
Three steps for Africa to combat climate change
New policy paper defines continent’s stance ahead of COP27 With hopes for countering global warming pinned on progress at the upcoming COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt, a new report from the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, sets out the continent’s stance by balancing the...
Africa’s stolen hopes
The flight of Africans urgently seeking to leave Africa practically every day did not start today. It has been assembled over a long period. Its roots go back to the days of the slave trade when against their will and by actions which amount to some of the most atrocious...
We talk to those who talk to us – Comedian AY expresses his beef with Basket Mouth
Nigerian actor and comedian, Ayodeji Richard Makun, popularly known as AY appears to be in a silent beef with Comedian Basket mouth. This was revealed when a fan asked him about his taciturn relationship with Basket mouth. ‘’@aycomedian do you really have any issues with basket mouth’’? Chiiokeukaigwe asked in...
Interviews
TENNIS: Naomi Osaka suffers defeat in the French Open
The four-time grand slam singles champion has been knocked out by Amanda Anisimova in the French open today. The 24-year-old...
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